Master Of Accountancy Courses - Celebration Campus
Students will complete an internship in accounting, tax, or information systems with a corporation, an accounting firm, or a consulting organization. Emphasis is on a relevant learning environment and acquisition of appropriate career skills at a suitable level of authority and responsibility. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
This course will use research techniques to examine tax issues as they relate to individuals and business entities (corporations, partnerships, S corporations, LLCs and LLPs). Students will also be exposed to estates, trusts, and gifts. Students will be required to use the internet and databases to find authoritative sources to defend their positions when developing solutions to tax issues. Client letters and file briefs will also be prepared.
A study of accounting and reporting requirements for local, state, and federal government and not-for-profit organizations. Graduate only. Prerequisite: ATG304.
This course will examine numerous topics in financial accounting and reporting through a case analysis approach. Students will be required to analyze cases, search relevant Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, develop a solution or alternative solutions, and present them in a written report. Open to Master of Accountancy students only.
The course will emphasize the professional and legal responsibility of accountants, auditors, and management for the design, operation, and control of accounting information systems applications. Open to Master of Accountancy students only.
Graduate level seminar on current issues and problems in the field. The topics will include discussion of the professions code of ethics.
A continuation of the study of external auditing, including coverage of audit sampling and attestation engagements as well as individual research in an auditing topic. The course also considers selections from the academic and practitioner literature which examine current issues and problems in auditing and the profession. Prerequisite: ATG406. Graduate only.
This course will provide the student with research techniques relating to management accounting issues. Topics will be addressed in a case study format and will include cost measurement concepts, cost accumulations, production costs, decision making models, forecasting and production techniques, planning and budgeting, variance analysis, performance measures, and benchmarking. Students will be required to prepare papers presenting their solutions to the cases.
This course examines the postulates, principles, and concepts of accounting and financial reporting that have developed over time and the institutions that have shaped them. The course also takes a critical view of the complex reporting issues currently facing business today and requires students to research theoretical issues. Prerequisite: ATG304. Graduate only.
Examination of macroeconomic principles by focusing on foreign exchange consequences, financial institutions, international payments flows, international monetary system, and international banking. Graduate only.
